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The primary holding of the Federal Circuit’s May 2023 decision in&nbsp;CACI, Inc.-Federal v. United States&nbsp;(Case No. 2022-1488), is that “statutory standing” is no longer a jurisdictional issue. This means that when considering whether a protester is an “interested party” under the Tucker Act, the Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”) is not&nbsp;required&nbsp;to address statutory standing before the merits.

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Although much has been written about this holding, our view is that there will be little or no impact on most bid protests stemming from this particular aspect of the decision, other than perhaps an uptick in denying protests on the merits without first addressing statutory standing.

We think the more interesting part of the decision is its reaffirmance of the&nbsp;Chenery&nbsp;doctrine, and specifically, the Federal Circuit’s direction about which issues must be remanded back to the agency, rather than decided by the COFC in the first instance. Although the&nbsp;Chenery&nbsp;doctrine is not new, the Federal Circuit has now made it clear that the doctrine greatly limits the COFC’s ability to order specific relief where an issue was not previously considered by the agency. On this issue, our takeaway is that&nbsp;CACI-Federal&nbsp;will actually lead to a&nbsp;reduction&nbsp;in the COFC weighing in on certain merits-based issues.

Confused about how&nbsp;Chenery&nbsp;relates to statutory standing? Read on for our analysis.

To read the full post, please visit our&nbsp;<a href="https://governmentcontractsnavigator.com/2023/07/11/relief-requested-what-the-federal-circuits-caci-federal-decision-means-for-your-bid-protest-beyond-standing/">Government Contracts Navigator</a>&nbsp;blog.

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